Posts Tagged "Shared Hosting VS VPS Hosting"

FAQ:

Is unlimited hosting real ? +-

Do web hosting companies provide Unlimited Hosting / Bandwidth ? Is it real ? The short answer is NO. No company can afford to provide unlimited hosting to its customers. Providing unlimited hosting needs unlimited servers, bandwidth, electricity, and many more unlimited resource needs, which is practically not possible to provide to customers for cheap prices like Rs. 300 or 400 Rs per month.
You will find unlimited bandwidth in all the hosting providers website, Actually it is not unlimited. How much is actually allowed ? It depends on each provider. Yes some allow few GBs and some allow 100s of GBs.
There is a catch in unlimited hosting in all the hosting companies. web hosting companies generally limit the user from using unlimited hosting and It can be done in many ways and some of them are

Limit the CPU usage

Limit the iNode limit

Limit the IO limit (Disk read / write usage)

Fair usage policy

Storage usage policy (You can not store files which are not necessary for servers)

and many other ways

An average cost of server comes between Rs 6 to 8 Lacs. If a company invest around 8 lacs and also bears the maintenance cost of 1 lac. in this case it becomes difficult to provide unlimited access.
Mostly, You can have a decent running website with the bandwidth provided in the shared hosting.

Where can I get cheap & best hosting in India ? +-

There are many hosting companies are there in India , providing hosting at various prices. There are some small cheap web hosting companies who provides hosting for much cheaper price, They are able to provide for much cheaper price due to poor quality of support & reselling of other's hosting. Small hosting companies with one or 2 people simply buy the reseller hosting from big company like Godaddy, HostingRaja and resell them at smaller price. Generally you will encounter many problems with this type of hosting companies.

Does the domain price included in the hosting price ? +-

With Some web hosting india providers, The domain is provided as free when you buy hosting. Suppose if you are planning to purchase only a domain then you have to pay the price for the domain. You have to be very careful while purchasing a Domain name for cheaper price such as Rs 99/- or Rs 199/-. When you buy domain name for cheaper price mostly it comes with a hidden charges. Its better not to buy Domain name from those service provider.

What will be renewal price ? +-

Generally in hosting in india the renewal prices are bit higher than your first buying price. Due to heavy competition in hosting industry most of the companies are acquaring the customers by giving huge amount of discount. So when it comes to renewal it is impossible for the service provider to give huge discount every time. So the renewal price mostly will be more than what you paid in the fist year.

Generally you can expect around 30-40% discount when buying a Hosting. When choosing a Hosting Company you have to consider many aspects and some of them are as below.
If you want to know about the service quality of the company, Check their Facebook page, You will get to know the quality of customer care. You can also check their reviews of many hosting companies online. Mostly you will get mixed reviews feedback for all the hosting companies.
Always choose the cheap hosting plans which provides the server in the same geographical region as your customer's region, It helps your website load faster and helps in SEO.
Check the security of the hosting provider, You can check with their sales team.
Check the latency of the server's IP address, It should be less than 60 ms. You can get the IP address from your hosting company and do a ping command to know the latency.
Ask what is their / technical team's role when your website is affected with virus or malware.
Ask what is the load average of their server or CPU utilization in % ? This helps you to find out over selling. If the load avg is more than 10, do not buy hosting from them.

Why hosting prices are very cheap with some providers ? +-

There are some small cheapest hosting india companies who provides hosting for much cheaper price, They are able to provide for much cheaper price due to poor quality of support & reselling of other's hosting. Small hosting companies with one or 2 people simply buy the reseller hosting from big company like Godaddy, HostingRaja and resell them at smaller price. Generally you will encounter many problems with this type of hosting companies.

Quality Vs Support Vs Pricing in Hosting ? +-

Good Quality comes with good Pricing. cheap hosting Companies which provide services at cheap price uses bad infrastructure, poor service, Technical Support for a particular time. Whereas Paid service uses Good Infrastructure, Quality Service and 24/7 Technical Support.Better choose paid services as they offer many features with it.